GLENDALE — At least one Glendale real estate company is anxious about a new regulation by the federal government.
David N. Schultz Inc. manages about 45 rental properties in Glendale, and is bracing for what could be a litigation bonanza when a...

With so much of the conversation in this election focused on what will make small businesses happy and motivated, I thought it might be valuable to get an entrepreneurial perspective. Not from a chamber of commerce lobbyist, talking head or rich chief...

Glendale, the airship capital of the world! That was the dream of a brilliant, self-taught inventor by the name of Thomas B. Slate.
Selecting Glendale as the site of the Slate Aircraft Company in 1925, his futuristic portrayal of an efficient and...

MIKE GATTO: 1) California faces projected budget deficits of close to $20 billion annually for the next several years. What specific steps must the state take to achieve a balanced budget?
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, the next few years are likely...

CITY HALL — City officials are bracing for the fallout as federal prosecutors investigate the developer of affordable housing projects in Glendale and other cities — Advanced Development & Investment Inc. — on fraud and other allegations.
The allegations stem from a report by court-appointed receiver David Pasternak as part of a divorce proceeding involving the company's former president, Salim Karimi, and Jannki Mithaiwala, the daughter of company founder Ajit Mithaiwala.
Pasternak's...

Angry residents told Walt Disney Co. executives Wednesday they want to be compensated for the construction impacts of a childcare center on the studio's massive campus.
About 20 residents Wednesday night met with a half-dozen Disney representatives and an equal number of city officials at the Glendale Environmental Management Center, a short distance from the recently completed childcare center for 236 children on Flower Street between Paula and Davis avenues.
Residents aired concerns about damage...

Settlement payment
The City Council on Tuesday approved a $65,300 check to General Growth Properties to cover repairs needed after a city refuse truck drove into the Glendale Galleria's aerial bridge with forks extended.
City officials deemed the city was liable for the damage.
WHAT IT MEANS
The payment, which is in response to a claim the company filed with the city, compensates the General Growth for the required repairs, officials said.
VOTE: 5-0
Taxi permits
The City Council approved...

City Manager Jim Starbird acknowledged this week that there were signs that not all was as it seemed with Advanced Development & Investment Inc. — the affordable-housing firm embroiled in a federal fraud investigation that, in the past five years, has received nearly $34 million in city assistance.
Starbird said he was "tremendously concerned" by allegations that ADI executives fraudulently transferred up to $80 million in company assets to personal accounts, and potentially gave improper gifts...

Glendale-based IHOP has served up a federal lawsuit against a church with ministries in Pasadena and elsewhere, alleging the International House of Prayer is violating its trademark.
The suit asks International House of Prayer to stop using IHOP and similar phrases, and seeks to have the court give the Web address ihop.org to the restaurant chain.
Officials at the church, based in Kansas City, Mo., declined to comment. In a statement, church officials said they were aware of the lawsuit and reviewing...

So let me see if I have this right. The Glendale Unified School District is charging private companies more to use its facilities ("School board OKs fee hikes for firms," July 31). Which means these companies will then pass along the extra fees to the private sector. Which means fewer people will attend because they can't afford the hike in fees. Which means private companies will book fewer events because the ticket sales are weak.
Here's a novel idea: How about dropping the rental price and making a...

I'm in Washington, D.C. this week for a conference called "GridWeek," where representatives from technology companies and utilities have gathered. They're here to discuss what are called "smart grid" technologies that will bring our nation's electricity grid into the modern age.
Today at the conference, Glenn Steiger, Glendale Water & Power's general manager, will accept a national industry award on behalf of the team for our city's groundbreaking program implementing smart meter and smart grid...